Building a Culture of Recovery through a partnership with the Krasman Centre and York Support Services Network (YSSN) is offering a WRAP Level 2 Facilitator training to organisations and individuals on a payment basis.

Course Description: This workshop is 5 intensive days of workshops that prepares participants to facilitate WRAP® groups in their community and organization. It is for people who have completed a Seminar 1 WRAP® course. The Seminar II WRAP® Facilitators course provides an experiential learning environment based on mutuality and self-determination. This training is appropriate for people with lived experience who would like to lead Mental Health Wellness Recovery (WRAP®) groups, work with others to develop their own WRAP® and give presentations on mental health recovery related issues to groups or organizations.

Our WRAP® training is aligned with Copeland Center’s “Fidelity Model” that is supported by research ad recognized as best practice. WRAP® facilitator training is led by two Advanced Level WRAP Facilitators who received their training directly from the Copeland Center, modeling the values and ethic of WRAP® and co-facilitation model to create environments in which individuals can explore how they can learn from WRAP® and use it in their own lives.

Eligibility: The basic, standard eligibility for any WRAP Facilitator Training is that participants have:

Completed a qualifying WRAP® program and can produce a valid certificate e.g.:

The PREFER program has fulfilled its four year funding grant and we are currently no longer offering this program. Our journey represents the accomplishments of many, the creation of a lifetime of connections, the discovery of new friends, and the realization of hopes and dreams. Thank you.

Please visit the website on a regular basis to check for updates, trainings and workshops.

The Peer Recovery Education for Employment and Resilience (PREFER) program of the Centre for Building a Culture of Recovery is proud to announce that its Summit, held in Toronto, Ontario, is scheduled for Saturday March 8th, 2014 and will be available at no cost to people with lived experience of mental health or substance use challenges.

The Summit is an opportunity for the Participants and Graduates of PREFER who have been receiving education and training in Peer Support and the wider community of People in Recovery, Consumer/Survivors, and Recovery Supporting agencies and partners to network, share skills, knowledge and discuss opportunities for building a systemic culture that supports Recovery and embraces Peer Support. A variety of presentations, networking and learning opportunities will be available throughout the day as people from across the Province gather to talk about recovery, recovery education, and peer support and employment in the mental health system for people with lived experience. The summit promises to be a gathering of leaders in the Peer Support movement across the region.

The PREFER Summit, will be an excellent opportunity for PREFER participants, community members, C/S/X groups, mental health program administrators, social service students, mental health community associations, mental health, addictions, and related service agencies, and foundations to learn from each other, deepen their knowledge of recovery, and gain a greater understanding of peer support and how to implement and support peer recovery education. Participants will also explore supporting self-discovery, recovery, and development through the arts as well as through critical and creative thinking.

Additionally, agencies and groups are welcome to request space for networking.

Contact Information:

For more information, or to register for the summit, go to http://prefersummit2014.eventbrite.ca/

The Krasman Centre is happy to announce that we will be providing two WRAP facilitator training opportunities.

If you have completed your WRAP (sometimes called WRAP level 1) and are interested in becoming a certified WRAP group facilitator, please see the announcement and application form below. Application Deadlines are: Monday February 24, 2014 for the March training and March 31, 2014 if you are only interested in the May training.

If you have not completed your own personal WRAP (sometimes called WRAP level 1), you may be interested in some of the upcoming WRAP groups that will be available throughout the Central LHIN. Details about those groups will be forthcoming, but a flyer is also attached.

Help us ensure that peer support workers, volunteer peer supporters, and others who may be interested about this opportunity! Please forward, post, distribute freely.

What happens then?
All applications are reviewed after May 22nd.
Applicants may be invited to attend an interview in early June.
Training for those joining PREFER starts July 3, 2013 with an Orientation Session.

We ask that you let us know you are planning on coming so that we can plan for enough chairs, but we may not be able to return your call before the information session. Leave your name and contact information and the session you would like to attend by email: e.carvalho@krasmancentre.com or phone 905-780-0491 ext: 125 or Toll-Free: 1-888-780-0724